Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

What Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act does

CHWMEG, Inc., incorporated in 1995 as a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association, operates a membership-based Facility Review Program (FRP) that delivers standardized environmental and business risk evaluations of waste, recycling, treatment, disposal, and storage facilities worldwide. Members include manufacturing and industrial organizations, government installations, and educational/research institutions that generate waste and face CERCLA 'polluter pays' liability for their third-party vendors. The core technology is CHWMEG's proprietary Risk Assessment System (RAS), a standardized protocol that captures environmental, operational, and site histories (including Altman Z-score financial analysis) in a uniform report format, produced by a network of Preferred Facility Review Contractors (AECOM, ERM, Tetra Tech, and others) and delivered through a members-only searchable database.

The business model combines recurring annual membership fees with per-report pricing for Facility Review Reports ($925–$1,275 North America; $1,700–$2,550 non-North America for the 2026 program) plus incremental Sole-Sponsor Reviews and prior-year archive report purchases. Members nominate facilities for the annual review slate, enabling shared-cost collective intelligence: a single review benefits all members in the cohort. As of August 2026, CHWMEG has 321 member enterprises with 652 affiliate companies, a 350-facility 2026 review program, and global operations spanning Pittsburgh (HQ), Singapore (APAC), and Warsaw (Europe/Africa/Middle East). The organization has no external investors, no funding rounds, and is governed by a member-elected Board of Directors.

Name

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Legal name

CHWMEG, Inc.

Website

https://chwmeg.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CHWMEG is a 501(c)(6) non-profit association that runs a membership-based Facility Review Program, delivering standardized risk assessments of waste, recycling, treatment, disposal, and storage facilities to industrial, government, and academic members worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Risk Assessment Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Collection & Program Operations (BPALAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) & Universal Waste Sorting Facilities (EUAIADAK)

Keywords

• Facility risk assessments
• Waste vendor auditing
• Environmental compliance services
• Industrial waste management
• Due diligence reviews

Headquarters

HQ city

Pittsburgh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees: Annual calendar-year membership fees assessed on a pro-rated quarterly basis for organizations joining after January. Membership provides access to facility review reports, organizational resources, member meetings, and training seminars.
2. Facility Review Reports: Members purchase CHWMEG facility review reports at commitment phase pricing or post-commitment pricing. North American reports cost $925 (commitment) or $1,275 (post-commitment). Non-North American reports cost $1,700 (commitment) or $2,550 (post-commitment). Reports from prior years are also available for purchase at lower price points.
3. Sole-Sponsor Reviews: Members can initiate 'sole-sponsor' reviews to expand the Facility Review Program to include additional facilities required by their own organization for an additional fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CHWMEG, Inc. operates a member-driven Facility Review Program that aligns member interest to cost-effectively deliver standardized reports evaluating the environmental and business risk associated with the use of waste, recycling, treatment, disposal, or storage facilities worldwide. Each year, members nominate facilities to be audited by CHWMEG's independent contractors using a proprietary protocol and Risk Assessment System, producing detailed reports that members purchase individually.

Product overview

CHWMEG, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(6) association that operates primarily through its Facility Review Program (FRP), which delivers comprehensive reports evaluating environmental and business risk for waste, recycling, treatment, disposal, and storage facilities. The core offering consists of CHWMEG Facility Review Reports powered by CHWMEG's proprietary Risk Assessment System (RAS), accessible through a Members Only Website with searchable database. The organization supplements its main program with Global Interest Committee webinars, Regional Training Seminars, and Semi-Annual Meetings. Members can also purchase prior year reports and initiate Sole-Sponsor reviews for additional facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CHWMEG Facility Review Program (FRP) Annual member-driven program that aligns member interest and needs to cost-effectively deliver standardized reports evaluating the environmental and business risk associated with the use of waste, recycling, treatment, disposal, or storage facilities, executed by independent contractors using CHWMEG's proprietary protocol and Risk Assessment System.
• CHWMEG Facility Review Reports Standardized reports purchased individually by members that allow them to independently evaluate their use of waste, recycling, treatment, disposal or storage facilities, capturing environmental, operational, and site histories plus financial standing data.
• Sole-Sponsor Reviews Additional facility reviews initiated by individual members to extend the Facility Review Program to include specific facilities required by their own organization, beyond the common member-interest reviews.
• CHWMEG Compilation File (Altman Z & RAS Data) Free compilation of Altman Z scores and RAS data provided to members, containing aggregated financial standing and risk assessment data for reviewed facilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Significant cost savings on waste stewardship programs compared to independent facility assessments
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• A&S Environmental ManagementcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor providing independent environmental risk assessments of waste, recycling, treatment, storage, and disposal facilities on behalf of CHWMEG members.
• AECOMcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor providing risk review capabilities for CHWMEG's facility review program.
• ComTox CorporationcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor with expertise in conducting risk reviews of recycling, treatment, storage and disposal facilities.
• Tetra Tech, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor providing environmental consulting and facility risk assessment services for CHWMEG.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management)coreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor providing environmental risk management expertise for CHWMEG's facility review program.
• SC&A, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor conducting facility reviews as part of CHWMEG's standardized assessment process.
• The Elm Consulting Group International LLCcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor providing independent environmental risk assessments for CHWMEG members.
• Green Environmental ConsultingcoreTechnology or IntegrationPreferred Facility Review Contractor supporting CHWMEG's facility review program with environmental consulting expertise.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure and environmental services firm with a substantial environment practice that performs third-party waste facility audits, environmental due diligence, and site assessments — a service line that overlaps directly with CHWMEG's Facility Review Program. AECOM is also a Preferred Facility Review Contractor for CHWMEG, illustrating the dual relationship between commercial consultancies and CHWMEG.
• Arcadis: Global design and environmental consultancy with a sizeable EHS and waste-services practice that performs waste facility permitting, auditing, and compliance work for industrial and municipal clients. Comparable in scope to CHWMEG's commercial competitors in facility risk assessment.
• WSP: Global professional services firm whose environment practice (built in part via the Golder acquisition) provides waste management, contamination assessment, and EHS advisory services — competing directly for industrial waste-vendor due diligence budgets that CHWMEG also targets.
• Tetra Tech: Engineering and environmental consulting firm with deep expertise in solid and hazardous waste facility compliance, audit, and remediation — competes with CHWMEG's contractor offering for industrial waste-vendor assessment work. Tetra Tech is a CHWMEG Preferred Facility Review Contractor.
• Ramboll: International engineering and environmental consultancy with a strong hazardous waste and contaminated sites practice, providing third-party facility audits and environmental due diligence to industrial clients.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): Largest pure-play global environmental consultancy, providing environmental risk management, EHS compliance, and waste facility assessment services to industrial clients — overlapping substantively with what CHWMEG aggregates demand for. ERM is also one of CHWMEG's Preferred Facility Review Contractors.

Emerging players

• Montrose Environmental: U.S.-focused environmental services company spanning air measurement, environmental testing, and waste facility compliance — a smaller-scale but functionally analogous competitor in waste facility auditing, with a more concentrated service mix than the major incumbents.
• SCS Engineers: Specialized environmental engineering and consulting firm focused on solid and hazardous waste, providing landfill, transfer station, and TSDF-related advisory services — directly comparable to the kind of facility-level audits CHWMEG conducts. SCS-affiliated SC&A, Inc. is a CHWMEG Preferred Facility Review Contractor.

Others

• ISRI (Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries): Trade association serving the scrap recycling and materials recovery industry; close thematic peer as another industry-specific membership organization providing shared compliance, due-diligence, and information resources to waste-handling entities, including many of the same generators CHWMEG serves.
• National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA): U.S. trade association for the waste and recycling industry; while focused on service-provider (rather than generator) members, it is a structural analog as an industry trade association providing shared services, advocacy, and information products relevant to the same waste-management value chain that CHWMEG audits.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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